Frederic C. Hof


Ambassador Frederic C. Hof is senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. He worked on Syria-related matters in the U.S. Department of State from April 2009 until September 2011.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25:  (L-R)  Secretary of State John Kerry looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after meeting with his National Security Council at the State Department, February 25, 2016 in Washington, DC. The meeting focused on the situation with ISIS and Syria, along with other regional issues. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: (L-R) Secretary of State John Kerry looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement after meeting with his National Security Council at the State Department, February 25, 2016 in Washington, DC. The meeting focused on the situation with ISIS and Syria, along with other regional issues. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks during a press conference following Syria peace talks at the United Nations Office on April 13, 2016 in Geneva.

Talks to end Syria's brutal five-year conflict were to resume in Geneva on April 13, although the negotiations were likely to be overshadowed by a surge of violence that threatened a fragile truce. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI        (Photo credit should read )
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura speaks during a press conference following Syria peace talks at the United Nations Office on April 13, 2016 in Geneva. Talks to end Syria's brutal five-year conflict were to resume in Geneva on April 13, although the negotiations were likely to be overshadowed by a surge of violence that threatened a fragile truce. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read )
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Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik works on a sand sculpture depicting drowned Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi at Puri beach, some 65 kilometers away from Bhubaneswar, on September 4, 2015. Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations on September 4 across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out. The photos of the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, lying on a beach in Bodrum, Turkey, have triggered a wave of emotion across the continent, despite deep divisions among European governments on how to deal with the crisis.  AFP PHOTO/ASIT KUMAR        (Photo credit should read ASIT KUMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik works on a sand sculpture depicting drowned Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi at Puri beach, some 65 kilometers away from Bhubaneswar, on September 4, 2015. Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations on September 4 across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out. The photos of the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, lying on a beach in Bodrum, Turkey, have triggered a wave of emotion across the continent, despite deep divisions among European governments on how to deal with the crisis. AFP PHOTO/ASIT KUMAR (Photo credit should read ASIT KUMAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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